By actively encouraging knowledge dissemination and discussion we hope to raise awareness about key ecological issues and build opportunities for collaboration among our partners.
Scheduled seminar sessions are held at ARI on Mondays 1-2 pm, unless otherwise indicated. Each session runs for a total of one hour and includes time for questions. Sessions may involve multiple speakers giving shorter 'snapshot' style presentations. Note that the schedule is subject to change at short notice.
If you would like to be on the seminar email notification list, which includes receiving presentation summaries and webinar (live viewing of seminar slides with audio via the internet) details, please let us know by contacting research.ari@delwp.vic.gov.au
Seminars are at: 123 Brown Street Heidelberg, Victoria
2019 ARI Research Seminar Series
Seminars are held on Mondays 1-2 pm unless otherwise indicated. Our program will be continually developed throughout the year. Our next seminar is on 29th April.
| 2019 | Speaker(s) and subject | |
|---|---|---|
| April | 15th |
Phil Papas (ARI, Riparian and Wetland Ecology) Measuring ecological responses to the restoration of water regimes in wetlands Geoff Heard (ARI, Wildlife Management) Sixteen years of Growling Grass Frog research on Melbourne's urban fringe: where to next? |
| 29th |
Amy Edwards (La Trobe University, School of Life Sciences) Maternal sex allocation: tales of the controlling mother, the changing climate and rainbow-coloured sperm Caleb McElrea (University of Melbourne) The echidna phallus: a four-pronged approach Register for the webinar to view this seminar live online | |
| March | 4th |
Tarmo Raadik (ARI, Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation) Barriers benefiting biodiversity Lyndsey Vivian (ARI, Riparian and Wetlands) Moira grass plains at Barmah Forest |
| 25th |
Bob Wong (Monash University, Behavioural Ecology Research Group) Behavioural responses to a changing world: evolutionary and ecological consequences | |
| February | 18th |
Lachlan Francis (ARI, Predator Management) Predator control on Macquarie Island & Conservation benefits of feral cat management on Bruny Island |
2018 ARI Research Seminar Series
Presentations that were part of our 2018 series.
| 2018 | Speaker(s) and subject | |
|---|---|---|
| December | 3rd |
Amber Clarke (DELWP, Water and Catchments) Making the long-term and large-scale commitment to waterway health in Victoria Jarod Lyon (ARI, Applied Aquatic Ecology) How many carp are there in Australia? |
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4th Tuesday |
Jim Capurso (United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service) River restoration in the Pacific Northwest | |
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7th Friday |
Ian Cowx (University of Hull, Hull International Fisheries Institute & Michigan State University) Decoupling the impact of societal development and climate change on fisheries in the Lower Mekong Delta | |
| 10th |
Rodney van der Ree (University of Melbourne, School of BioSciences) Trends in the number of flying-foxes in Victoria - what might the future hold? | |
| November |
29th Thursday |
Melissa Haeffner (Portland State University, Environmental Science and Management) A research agenda for environmental justice |
| October | 8th |
David Meagher (Environmental consultant) What's that green stuff? The bryophyte flora of Lord Howe Island |
| 22nd |
Kay Morris (ARI, Riparian and Wetlands) The Riparian Intervention Monitoring Program: gathering evidence of riparian responses to management Katherine Harrisson (ARI, Post Doctorate, and La Trobe University) Assessing stocking outcomes, connectivity and genetic health in Golden Perch | |
| September | 10th |
Brad Farmilo (ARI, Vegetation Ecology and Threatened Flora) Quantifying effectiveness of weed control in threatened Victorian grasslands Lauren Johnson (ARI, Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation) Continuing the recovery of Barred Galaxias - learning by doing |
| 24th |
Jason Alexandra (Environmental consultant - Alexandra & Associates) Conversing about water governance with Alfred Deakin's ghost | |
| August | 13th |
Jim Fredericks (Idaho Department of Fish and Game, USA) Fisheries Research Section: the mission, the model, and the greatest hits |
| July | 2nd |
Lindy Lumsden (ARI, Wildlife Ecology) Artificially creating new hollows for the Critically Endangered Leadbeater's Possum Justin O'Connor (ARI, Aquatic Connectivity & Fish Passage) Guidelines for fishway managment in Victoria Frank Amtstaetter (ARI, Aquatic Connectivity & Fish Passage) Fishways provide catchment-scale improvements to a diadromous fish population upstream of barrier |
| 30th |
Zeb Tonkin (ARI, Instream Habitat & Environmental Flows) Monitoring fish responses to environmental flows across Victoria: a shift towards understanding processes, population dynamics and long-term projections Chris Jones (ARI, Riparian & Wetland Ecology) Regular intervention monitoring providing valuable insights into vegetation responses to environmental flows on rivers Charles Todd (ARI, Population Processes) Large scale population dynamics of an enigmatic fish: basin wide population dynamics of Golden Perch | |
| May | 14th |
Liam Smith (BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute) Conducting behavioural reserach to deliver better environmental behaviour change programs |
| April | 9th |
Will Mooney (Murray Lower Darling Rivers - Indigenous Nations) National Cultural Flows Research Project |
| 23rd |
John Lesku (La Trobe University, School of Life Sciences) Sleeping in the sea & air | |
| March | 19th |
Anne Christianson (University of Minnesota) Climate resilience: looking at social-ecological system vulnerabilities through a gender lens |
| 26th |
Sam Grover (La Trobe University & RMIT) Peatlands of the Victorian Alps and Indonesia | |
| February | 19th |
Paul Sunnucks (Monash University, School of Biological Sciences) Climate adaptation and population divergence in the Eastern Yellow Robin |
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